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Write a response that appropriately completes the request.

### Instruction:
Create a timeline of the events in the Revolutionary War.

### Response:
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1775: Outbreak of fighting at Lexington and Concord, Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms by the Second Continental Congress 
1776: Declaration of Independence, Battle of Long Island 
1777: Saratoga, Battle of Brandywine, Battle of Philadelphia 
1778: French Alliance, Battle of Monmouth 
1779: Siege of Savannah 
1780: Battle of Camden, Benedict Arnold's Treason 
1781: Yorktown, Treaty of Paris